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EMBROCATE
Definition of EMBROCATE
verb
To rub (a diseased part) with a moistened or liquid substance, usually an oil, on a cloth or sponge.
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Where it comes from
From Medieval Latin embrocatus, past participle of Late Latin embrocare, from embrocha, from Ancient Greek ἐμβροχή (embrokhḗ, “lotion, fomentation”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EMBROCATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 103, 31 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 103, 31 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EMBROCATE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCEEMORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start EMBROC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EMBROCATE?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 103 - and most players walked straight past it.
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